Teen Titans

 This book wins. And it wins because Tim Drake is finally Tim Drake again. After Fabian Nicieza nearly ruined one of the great characters in comic books, controversial writer Scott Lobdell has brought Tim home to his true self, and let me safely say, welcome home Tim!

It's becoming even more clear that while this is a "team" book, it's Tim Drake's team. He's calling the shots, he's the main protagonist, his goals are at the book's core. Cassie and Bugg are just along for the ride so far, but I'm not complaining. Tim Drake carried a solo series for many years, and hes always sold well, so he deserves a book that's essentially a solo series for him, even if it's described as a "team" book.

Teen Titans #1

For some reason, Scott Lobdell is writing three of the "New 52" titles for DC. Keep in mind, Scott Lobdell hasn't written anything significant since he was a big-shot X-Men writer in the 1990's. Apparently Dan DiDio is a big fan, and Lobdell is a man who can work fast.

And frankly, his first two titles did not knock it out of the park. Both frankly were average books, not anything to write home about, and Red Hood and the Outlaws created such an unnecessary hubbubbub about feminism and sexism and what-not that it distracted from the enjoyable parts of the story.

But Teen Titans is where he gets it all right. One can tell this book is the one he's had the greatest vision on and has thought out the most. This book seemingly wipes the slate clean of all Teen Titans stories post the Marv Wolfmann and George Perez era. Tim Drake is our protagonist (glad he's not calling himself Tim Wayne anymore personally), worried about a secret organization called N.O.W.H.E.R.E. trying to round up all metahumans and use them for their own purposes.